We want to look at and discuss specific factors
for how text-level and sentence-level
interpretation influence each other. During the
workshop we aim to refine our ideas of how text
interpretation proceeds, and we are interested
in whether there is evidence for an incremental
or more dynamic text interpretation process. We
want to investigate whether this might be
dependent on specific language phenomena
(especially context-dependent phenomena) or on
specific text types (e.g., fictional vs.
non-fictional texts) or both.

The core question behind the workshop is the
question whether context-dependent phenomena
have an impact on which strategy a reader or
hearer pursues in the interpretation of a text
as a whole, or whether the relation is reversed
and global contextual factors influence how
these phenomena are perceived and interpreted
in a given text. The discussions will be guided
by presentations of students and lectures of
three invited scholars from different
disciplines.

Submission:

Graduate and doctoral students who wish to
participate should apply with an introduction
to their field of research as well as a
proposal for a talk (30 mins + 15 mins
discussion) until May 1, 2014 (1-2 pages).

Applications should be sent to
johanna.herdtfelderuni-tuebingen.de or
nadine.badeuni-tuebingen.de.

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